Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Evelyn had one request for her birthday cake this year: a vanilla cake. Well, I can certainly do more than that . . . and after doing a bit of research online, I had a plan. A rainbow cake plan. I prepared a vanilla cake mix according to the package, except I only mixed the batter on medium speed for one minute. I divided the batter into three separate bowls and added Wilton's food coloring gel to each bowl - red, yellow and blue. (Stirring in the food coloring completed the mixing time needed for the cake batter.)

I layered and frosted the cake with regular, white buttercream frosting. Then I made two cups of powdered sugar glaze, thinned with milk. I used Wilton's food coloring gel to tint the glaze in six separate Ziploc bags. Then I snipped the corner of the Ziploc bag and carefully drizzled the colored glaze down the sides of the cake.

Evelyn had no idea that a colorful surprise awaited her under all the frosting - and she was thrilled with the result!